The Day Today

I recently purchased a 4GB SanDisk Cruzer USB flash drive, and decided to try running Linux on it. I’ve not succeeded yet, as Linux always seems to come up with challenges for me, but the guides over at PenDriveLinux are a great place to start. It’d be even better if they explained each step as I’d find it easier to learn rather than just follow instructions. I think the issue I’ve currently got is with hardware compatibility, but I’ll keep trying and let you know how I get on.

Not that I understand this article fully, but it’s interesting to see how quickly the iPhone has been hacked - and especially interesting how easy it may be to turn the gadget into a perfect spy device. In other Apple news, my flatmate has ordered the iPod Touch so I’ll get to have a play with one soon!

Well Apple announced new iPods as expected and also as I predicted I’ve decided I need to upgrade my Nano… Not to the new Nano (I’m undecided on those and would like to have a closer look) but to the iPod Touch.

When the iPhone was announced earlier in the year I have to admit to being somewhat disappointed. I am really happy with my phone and wanted everything the iPhone offered except the phone features (and contract, etc) so my ideal 6th generation iPod was almost exactly what the iPod Touch has turned out to be. The only niggle I have is with the capacity - the 16GB version will just about hold all of my music, and of course that won’t be counting any movies I put on there… It’s probably fine though, as I’ve been using my 4GB Nano for 2 years now without too often wishing I had more music on there!

I think the “iTouch” will be my Christmas present to myself this year!